BlockMcDonald, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Oxford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45056. The Survey maps it on the College Corner quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1915 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1915 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1915 USGS College Corner quadrangle1:48000
- 1918 USGS College Corner quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS College Corner quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS College Corner quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
53,483 words on this townshipA History and Biographical Cyclopædia of Butler County, Ohio : with Illustrations and Sketches of Its Representative Men and Pioneers, published 1882 names this settlement in its chapter on Oxford Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The second school-house, a brick building, one story high and twenty-five by thirty feet, stood fifty rods northeast of the first house. Among the prominent teachers "here were James Jones, James Welsh, Franklin B. Brookbank, and Charles B. Ruffin.
Passage source: A History and Biographical Cyclopædia of Butler County, Ohio : with Illustrations and Sketches of Its Representative Men and Pioneers, published 1882.
Mariette Sophia, wife of the Rey. Thomas Goodwin, died April 25, 1843; aged 25. Mary A., wife of the Rev. John A. Waterman, died December 14, 1837; aged 45. Rev. John A. Waterman, born in Concord, New Hampshire ; died August 6, 1837; aged 47. Sacred to the memory of Susan, wife of Dr. J. A. Waterman, and daughter of Luther and Grace Dunn. She died at Oxford, Ohio, November 9, 1839, in the 35th year of her age. Rachel McDonald, wife of Martin McDonald, died May 13, 1844; aged 77, Samuel Brown, born in the County of Londonderry, Ireland, died January 25, 1835; aged 75. Sarah, wife of Samuel Brown, born in Londonderry, Ireland; died July 29, 1844; aged 22. Thomas Barr, a native of Ireland, died September 11, 1848; aged 27. John Martin, a native of Ireland, died August 7, 1847; aged 23. David Ratthay, born in Paisley, Scotland, November 18,1792; died March 3, 1851. Silas Osgood, died May 16, 1840, in the 78th year of his age. Sarah Ann, consort of Rev. John W. Clark, died February 14, 1833, in the 24th year of her age. West Bonney departed this life on the 26th of September, 1843, in the 72d year of his age. Catharine, wife of Seth Webb, died August 29, 1848; aged 100 years, 9 months, and 23 days. Henry Webb died October 6, 1857; aged 72. Townsend D. Peyton, died August
Passage source: A History and Biographical Cyclopædia of Butler County, Ohio : with Illustrations and Sketches of Its Representative Men and Pioneers, published 1882.
Its local preachers were Thomas Rollins, William Brown, James Knox, Richard Hastie, and Samuel Burrell. The most useful of the laymen: Albert Russell, Thomas Rollins, Beverly Tyler, Henry McDonald, William Townsend, Beverly Yancy, Ephraim Jones, John S. Jones. Among the faithful workers were Katie Brown, Betsey Jackson, Martha Roberts, Mary Townsend, Eva Sawyer, Cilea Williamson, Mary J. Lewis, Clara Jackson, Elizabeth Lawrence, Margaret Young, Betsey Saunders, Emily Carter, and Jane Yancy.
Passage source: A History and Biographical Cyclopædia of Butler County, Ohio : with Illustrations and Sketches of Its Representative Men and Pioneers, published 1882.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Oxford Township - it names this place 1 more 1 time.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 1,822 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,822 specimens collected within 10 miles of McDonald (historical) between 1888 and 1975: 778 Animalia, 770 Fungi, 200 Plantae, 60 Protozoa, 13 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. V. J.; W. G. S., A.L.; Bucholtz, I. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Taphrina communis (Sadeb.) Giesenh. | 1888 | J. L. James | |
 | unnamed | 1893 | B. Fink | Oxford. |
 | Hordeum sativum Pers. | 1895 | Kellerman, W.A. | Oxford, Butler Co. Ohio. |
 | Taphrina pruni (Fuckel) Tul. | 1888 | J. L. James | Oxford. |
 | Xylaria polymorpha (Pers.) Grev. | 1888 | James J. F. | Oxford |
 | Erysiphe euphorbiae J.R.Reddy & A.P.Reddy | 1889 | L. O. O. | Oxford |
 | Epifagus virginiana (L.) Barton | 1890 | E. E. Bogue | Oxford. |
 | Mentha spicata L. | 1894 | E. L. Moseley | Oxford |
 | Agrostis perennans (Walter) Tuck. | 1895 | Collector(s): Edwin Lincoln Moseley | Oxford |
 | Agrostis scabra Willd. | 1895 | Collector(s): Edwin Lincoln Moseley | Oxford |
| Gratiola virginiana L. | 1895 | Collector(s): Edwin Lincoln Moseley | Oxford | |
| Ustilago hordei (Pers.) Kell. & Sw. | 1895 | W. A. Kellerman |
All 1,822 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of McDonald (historical): 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dingledine Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contreras | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Oxford | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Ogleton (historical) | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Jericho | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Darrtown | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Reily | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| McGonigle | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Somerville | 7.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067492. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.